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Jay Johnstone

Birthdate:

11/20/1945

Height / Weight:

6' 1" / 175 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Manchester, CT, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Won 4 World Series Rings Outfielder, Bats LH, Throws RH – Played for California Angels 1966-70; Chicago White Sox 1971-72; Oakland A’s 1973; Philadelphia Phillies 1974-78; New York Yankees 1979; LA Dodgers 1980-82, ‘85; Cubs 1983-84

A speedy outfielder Jay Johnstone broke into the majors with the California Angels at age 20 in July of 1966. A solid contact hitter in the second half of his career – he hit .295, .329, .318, .284 from 1974-79 while wearing a Phillies’ uniform. Johnstone collected four World Series rings and played on Eight divisional winning teams during his 20-year tenure with seven different major league squads – 1966-88. Born in Manchester Connecticut, he had 39 offers to play quarterback after excelling in football at Englewood High School. Offers included in the 39 were from Stanford, Michigan, Ohio State and Washington. ‘When the Angels offered me a contract on graduation night I jumped at it,’ said Johnstone.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
23 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1966	CAL (AL)	61	254	35	67	12	4	3	17	11	36	3	3	1	1	2	0	.264	.297	SLG
1967	CAL (AL)	79	230	18	48	7	1	2	10	5	37	3	2	0	0	2	0	.209	.226	SLG
1968	CAL (AL)	41	115	11	30	4	1	0	3	7	15	2	1	0	0	2	0	.261	.303	SLG
1969	CAL (AL)	148	540	64	146	20	5	10	59	38	75	3	9	5	5	8	6	.270	.321	SLG
1970	CAL (AL)	119	320	34	76	10	5	11	39	24	53	1	0	6	1	3	3	.238	.290	SLG
1971	CHW (AL)	124	388	53	101	14	1	16	40	38	50	10	5	4	3	5	2	.260	.329	SLG
1972	CHW (AL)	113	261	27	49	9	0	4	17	25	42	2	1	2	0	4	0	.188	.259	SLG
1973	OAK (AL)	23	28	1	3	1	0	0	3	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.107	.167	SLG
1974	PHI (NL)	64	200	30	59	10	4	6	30	24	28	5	5	4	0	0	0	.295	.371	SLG
1975	PHI (NL)	122	350	50	115	19	2	7	54	42	39	7	3	7	0	3	3	.329	.397	SLG
1976	PHI (NL)	129	440	62	140	38	4	5	53	41	39	5	5	5	2	1	7	.318	.373	SLG
1977	PHI (NL)	112	363	64	103	18	4	15	59	38	38	3	7	3	2	1	7	.284	.349	SLG
1978	PHI (NL)	35	56	3	10	2	0	0	4	6	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	.179	.258	SLG
1978	NYY (AL)	36	65	6	17	0	0	1	6	4	10	0	1	0	3	0	1	.262	.329	SLG
1979	NYY (AL)	23	48	7	10	1	0	1	7	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.240	SLG
1979	SDP (NL)	75	201	10	59	8	2	0	32	18	21	1	3	3	0	4	2	.294	.348	SLG
1980	LAD (NL)	109	251	31	77	15	2	2	20	24	29	3	2	1	2	2	0	.307	.372	SLG
1981	LAD (NL)	61	83	8	17	3	0	3	6	7	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	.205	.267	SLG
1982	CHC (NL)	98	269	39	67	13	1	10	43	40	41	0	2	8	0	1	3	.249	.343	SLG
1982	LAD (NL)	21	13	1	1	1	0	0	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	.77	.316	SLG
1983	CHC (NL)	86	140	16	36	7	0	6	22	20	24	1	1	6	3	2	0	.257	.362	SLG
1984	CHC (NL)	52	73	8	21	2	2	0	3	7	18	0	0	4	0	0	0	.288	.350	SLG
1985	LAD (NL)	17	15	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.133	.188	SLG
23 years		1748	4703	578	1254	215	38	102	531	429	632	50	54	61	22	40	35	.267	.329	.SLG

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